How to Make Money on Runescape by Woodcutting

This is part two of my three part series on making money on Runescape.

A Guide for New Players Pt.2

Introduction to money making

Ok, now in this guide, I’m going to briefly go through woodcutting. Many players favor wood cutting because of the future possibility of cutting yews and selling the yew logs for high prices. Ok, take the axe that was given to you when you left Tutorial Island. Go to some regular tree near a bank and start chopping. Take the logs back to the bank or drop them. Then, since not a lot of people will buy the regular logs, burn them. Once you hit level 15 woodcutting, immediately start chopping down oaks. There are some oaks outside of the big bank in Varrok. There are also some oaks outside of the big bank at Falador. After this, sell the oaks for 20-40gp ea. Once you get a lot of exp and level up to level 30, start hacking away at willows.

Now is the time for an equipment change. If you have been selling your oaks, or have been doing some other methods of merchanting, you should really consider buying an addy woodcutting axe or at least a mithril. Once you have acquired yourself a shiny new axe, head to Draynor Village and start hacking away at the willows near the village’s bank. Note: There are many people in this area, but the only other place to cut willows is on a tiny strip of land near the jail in Port Sarim, if you do not mind going the long distance to a bank, or only care about getting experience and don’t mind dropping the logs instead of selling them, then I highly recommend that you head to there and cut those willows down. There is almost always nobody there, and you can, if you want, turn on your auto-woodcutter, if you have one. Also, you have to be very patient, because you can only chop down willow trees until you reach level 60, hence you can chop down yews.

Now comes the moment you’ve been waiting for… YEWS!!!! Yes, if you have been diligently working, now you can finally chop down yew trees! Ok, some people like to chop down yews near the Edgeville bank, while some like to chop them down near the farm just outside of Falador. Either place is great, and the money you can make is awesome. Each yew log can go for as much as 250gp. And, if you further upgrade your woodcutting level, you’ll cut down yews a lot faster. After you have a good amount, like 1k if you’d like, head for any single digit world and sell the logs there.

Well, now that woodcutting has been covered, I’m going to release my last guide on money making, fishing. After that, my guide on Pking.

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  1. i rule
    Posted May 8, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    woodcuttin all the way!!!

  2. sir_tayza
    Posted May 8, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    :D :D:D:D So didja make any cash? Tell me people! I wanna know what you got!

  3. sir_tayza
    Posted May 14, 2007 at 11:37 am

    Congratz!

  4. mohamed12111
    Posted May 19, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    guys my name in runescape is mohamed12111 i make 18m by selling 5.1k willow i sell 3k for 10m in world 4 and 2.1k for 8m and all that with lvl 48 wc belive it or not.
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

  5. tony077
    Posted May 19, 2007 at 3:59 pm

    i got 879m for selling 30k willow in world 4 and all that with lvl 69 wc..i add you mohamed and im lvl 99 work with me in runescape plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz i know your lvl is 65 but you are amazing woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow..

  6. special things..
    Posted May 19, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    I’ll give a way full zamorak armors and full sara armors and money i will wise money and belive it its 800M but im not going give all this for 1 person i will give 1m for each person..

  7. random
    Posted May 21, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    Hey special things you still giving away money?

  8. random
    Posted May 21, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    The person that wrote the artical didnt list MAGIC LOGS!!!! they sell for 1k ea and make quick money. 100k magics will sell for 100m buts thats gonna take alot of wc.

  9. random
    Posted May 22, 2007 at 11:56 pm

    special things? r u stil giving away money

  10. cash limit
    Posted May 23, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    can u even bank 800m? I no theres a max limit to banking cash….

  11. random
    Posted May 23, 2007 at 9:08 pm

    yes you can bank 800m

  12. stab163
    Posted May 25, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    that went wrong look up

  13. stab163
    Posted May 25, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    so hi

  14. stab163
    Posted May 25, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    i wuv u guys(not)=)

  15. random
    Posted May 25, 2007 at 8:43 pm

    mohamed12111 where did you sell the willows?

  16. stab163
    Posted May 26, 2007 at 8:51 am

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  17. stab163
    Posted May 26, 2007 at 8:52 am

    well u mary me randim in runescape

  18. random
    Posted May 27, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    NO I WILL NOT MARRY.

    reason 1. IM A BOY AND A RICH NUB IN RUNESCAPE NEARING MY 100M MARK IM ONLY 10M OFF 100M.

    So now u know

  19. random
    Posted May 27, 2007 at 11:02 pm

    or do you mean an other random?

  20. mohamed12111
    Posted May 28, 2007 at 2:58 pm

    i sell all this next to the big bank in varrock and you will need the wc ring to access to this place i have more than 67 ring if you want one send me the name and bassword..and i will give it to you……………………..

  21. stab163
    Posted June 3, 2007 at 4:49 am

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  22. stab163
    Posted June 18, 2007 at 8:38 am

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  23. stab163
    Posted June 18, 2007 at 8:42 am

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  24. nat4345
    Posted October 16, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    hey guys i am lvl 64 account i am almost 90 wc im 82 at moment well… almost and im getting 99 by the end of the month and i would like to get it quik so any tips ?

    i am not bad ….

  25. lollolll runescape is best
    Posted October 17, 2007 at 9:52 am

    uhh u can bank 999m random

  26. sabor x012
    Posted October 19, 2007 at 10:55 am

    what up recruiting clan 80-85 plus i myslef am lv 85… i know this is a wc guide but idc if u want to join my pking clan aka (fallen legion) go to (sabor101.flashbuilder.net)edit copy and paste this it makes it way ezer we are a clan of 2 right now but are numbers are going to grow

  27. yew cutta8
    Posted December 8, 2007 at 3:27 am

    yay for wc
    its boring but theres good money in it

  28. need 11m
    Posted December 12, 2007 at 5:41 pm

    i need to make 11m for d-chain im lvl 71 just got 60 def i got d leagand helm need chain

  29. stab163
    Posted December 24, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    im back stab163 got hacked lol

  30. orange
    Posted January 5, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    i got god armor from woodcutting

  31. sir_tayza
    Posted January 17, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    fyi…macroers didnt ruin the game, it was the people who bought the items from the autoers with real money. :) and if u dont like the guide, dont be such a prick about it.

  32. josh78
    Posted February 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    i got 778m i got by wc im a lvl 25 account i got it by selling 59000 yews

  33. dooper
    Posted April 2, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    you can bank 2 bil

  34. bonds 2222
    Posted April 18, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    willows r only 20 gp each 5.1k willows is only 102k

  35. me
    Posted May 10, 2008 at 2:00 pm

    i made 10 mill

  36. me
    Posted May 10, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    magic logs on members are over 1k ea 28 would get oyu about 30k

  37. nickstoeckel
    Posted May 18, 2008 at 10:54 am

    im a lvl 77 woodcutter and the best place 2 cut yews would be varock main entrance, there is more than 5 yews 2 cut,and also when u get 28 logs put in the bank thats right by the main entrance,save up logs and sell at g.e (grand exchange). save up till about 1k logs then sell . to have more space in ur inventory get a lvl 40 attack and then weild ur rune axe.that way u can have 28 logs in ur inventory. good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. wish me luck 2 99 woodcutting =]…. if u need help my username is nickstoeckel.. o and btw stick with willows even if ur a high woodcutter willows= best xp… =]

  38. xx al skill
    Posted August 9, 2008 at 7:50 am

    wilows all the way!!! woooooooooooooooo!!!!!! =P so yeah, cut reg logs till 20 wc, oaks till 40 wc, and wilows till 99… that’s my lil guide, sorta, if you want fast levels (plus a lil money on oaks) go by this, seriously, my friend got 99 wc by this, he got in 4 weeks… peace!!!

  39. monkey02008
    Posted October 1, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    wc is good but the real money is in the kingdom of mescialania for mems,all nonmems,stay with wc i did tht b4 i became a mem for stuff =]
    ps my rs name is monkey02008 add me if ud like

  40. monkey02008
    Posted October 1, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    Sorry forgot my wc it’s 85 if u wanan no

  41. Chirag Sakhrani
    Posted October 19, 2008 at 6:00 am

    Hi my wc is 60 and this guise rocks but theres 1 mistake….yew logs sell for 434gp each not 250 but overalll cool wc guide!!!!!!!

    P.S My Runescape name is sakhrani1 so add me if u want!

  42. peak15_3
    Posted November 1, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    im lv 60 in wc to and this guide is awsome but is it good to cut yews still at this lv

  43. seth
    Posted November 12, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    haha anybody who believes the idiots talkin bout makin money with willows your stupider than i thought i just sold 10k willows yesterday for only 200k noobs don’t believe these liars ifuwanna see my stats look me up on runescape hiscores crikey84

  44. froggprince
    Posted November 13, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    heck ya wcing rules

  45. icu
    Posted November 15, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    woodcutting is a wast of time, if your a member and want to make 18m fast (usually for a godsword) you should do hunter. you can make like 4bill ogg getting 99 hunter = P

  46. icu
    Posted November 15, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    huner owns = P

  47. icu
    Posted November 15, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    and yogosun is not numer 1 any more… he sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  48. Stab163
    Posted November 24, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    I still love you random honey lets have it uh uh o ya

  49. keenightah
    Posted December 18, 2008 at 9:48 am

    i have 76wcing and yews are almost 500gp ea now but i can’t seem to make money fast… i need help with money and my name is keenightah add me if you have any suggestions on how i can make money and im lvl 84 , by the time some1 adds me i might have already lvled

  50. slyferhunter
    Posted January 2, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    hey is willows that good of making money?is 3k willows logs for 10m?i cant undestand that?

  51. helloppls he he
    Posted January 5, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    Hello ppls im lvl 3 but i got 60 WC and i want a buddy but nobody wants a friend im asking sakhrani1 if i can be your friend.

    P.S. Im a boy so yes plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz will u be my friend
    My ruenscape name is frostfuture

  52. helloppls
    Posted January 5, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    oops! my runescape name is frostfuture

  53. jeremyrob724
    Posted January 27, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    the way of woodcutting maybe making money but its a good way of wcing so dont complain to people that you cant make money (you will find your own way)
    P.s my skills (if you dont believe me check high scores)
    Attack:71
    defence:70
    str:74
    hp:73
    wc:86
    fletch:70
    ranged:67
    fishing:76
    cooking:76
    firemake:68

    and others

  54. jeremyrob724
    Posted January 27, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    the way of woodcutting maybe making money but its a good way of wcing so dont complain to people that you cant make money (you will find your own way)
    P.s my skills (if you dont believe me check high scores)
    Attack:71
    defence:70
    str:74
    hp:73
    wc:86
    fletch:70
    ranged:67
    fishing:76
    cooking:76
    firemake:68

    and others

  55. dragoninppk
    Posted January 30, 2009 at 11:07 am

    it will gonna take u 100 year to make a 100k magic logs.

  56. ownage
    Posted February 11, 2009 at 5:27 am

    i need 1mil on runescape my user is thekin8

  57. xmozartx
    Posted February 22, 2009 at 10:53 am

    hello people i made 10m by wc.I cut only oak trees more money then willows i only wc and selling in ge highest price and nothing more.My stats are: attack:60 woodcutting:54 mage:57 strenght:61

  58. SKILLAH PKAH
    Posted March 11, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    sup pplz. this my runescape name. add me XD i think wc is ftw for money. does the willows at world 4 actualy work?

  59. megazaid
    Posted March 26, 2009 at 9:07 am

    hey y’all am megazaid i made so much mony from wc but i spent it all=( now am cutting mages yews and maples add me if u need help or wanna be friends

  60. Blake5647
    Posted March 26, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Hey guys im a big woodcutter. I was wondering if my lvl is 80 in woodcutting and i dont have enough time to woodcut cause im leving my range to pk. I was wondering if u could give me 1mil? That would be awesome!

  61. Jerr106
    Posted April 11, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    Hmm…. Woodcutting Yews is a Extremely Good way to make some easy Gold,but it is slow if your woodcutting is 60…So If I had 60 woodcutting i would wait till 70 to cut yews.

  62. champpro1
    Posted April 25, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    lol i made 20k from lke 1000 willows but not that mch but once you get up to 60 wc u can get up abt 1mil pretty fast i am a level 62 guy add me!!!!!!

  63. s k warne23
    Posted April 27, 2009 at 12:12 am

    i got 83 fishing and sharks are so slow!!! when should i start

  64. i know stuff
    Posted April 27, 2009 at 10:51 pm

    i am on a mission to make runescape a better richer place i need ppl to help me form a clan/team to help ppl in runescape i was one of those poor saps who bought a spade at soul wars for 14k to dig in my team graveyard all for nothing i hate rumours like that.
    that will be the main thing the group will focus on solving rumours i have a few ive been working on but it takes too long by my self. but we wont just be solveing rumours the clan/team will do godwars kbd kalphite queen anything really but when you or a friend hears a rumour then send it my way and we will get started.
    ps i am running out of friend list space so if you want in, then hurry i will be in shilo village for a few days if you want to talk there great if you just want to pm then thats ok to.
    pss im not the greatest player in the game but who cares i just want to leave my mark on runescape before i quit…yes thats right im acutally trying to quit early so i dont play it when im older so i want to act now!.
    psss lol sorry for the order and grammer in this comment im in a hurry my user name is Ansel Clark add me and lets talk.

  65. Marcys Seeb
    Posted May 26, 2009 at 8:16 am

    How much can you for example sell 1k Oaks for? And how much for 1k normals and 1k Willows and 1k Yews? Would appreciate the help Thanks in Advance!

  66. speed
    Posted August 11, 2009 at 1:53 am

    woo! i pulled 2 all nighters in a row! my account on runescape is speedy 12555 add me!

  67. Posted August 22, 2009 at 12:08 am

    really guys!!! are you that dumb!!! u can bank 2.3 billion!!! and bye the way nice guide, but i think that you should cut oaks to 60 to get more money¥¥¥¥¥¤¤¤¤¤§§§§§

  68. Multi Light3
    Posted September 29, 2009 at 8:16 am

    Hey guys, I have 93 woodcuting, and this guide is 100% true. Although, I’m a member, so I cut magics, or I use the new Sawmil =)

    And wc is definitely a good way to make a ton of money, and so is fishing, and fishing is actually faster than wc and makes more money (if you’re a member, and you fish monks).

    Look me up, I’m level 107, my name is Multi Light3.

  69. tony david
    Posted December 16, 2009 at 6:25 pm

    what ever happned to choking ivey its best xp in game xD you can get 100k plust xp an hour with choking ivery with d hatchet

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